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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mettler-Toledo GmbH, Breifensee, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 ;
Abstract
A force-reduction mechanism for a force-measuring device is made of a monolithic material block ( ) and has a stationary support ( ), a plurality of levers ( ), and coupling elements ( ) connecting the levers. The fulcrum ( ) of at least one lever ( ) is movable in relation to the stationary support ( ). A movable fulcrum ( ) can, e.g., be located on a preceding lever ( ), so that the fulcrum ( ) shares the motion of the preceding lever ( ). The concept of a movable fulcrum allows a more space-efficient design of the mechanism.